Research Into DelayingA Deadly Genetic Disease

Eric Minikel, and his wife, Harvard Law grad Sonia Vallabh both quit their jobs to devote their lives to finding a cure for Prion disease. "We learned in December 2011 that Sonia carries the D178N 129M mutation that causes fatal familial insomnia, a genetic prion disease. Since then, we've launched a personal quest to cure prion diseases. We changed our careers to become scientists, started a scientific blog, CureFFI.org and a non-profit research foundation, Prion Alliance," writes Eric on their funding page.